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Abstract

The IBM 2005 TotalStorage SAN32B-2 Express Model (P/N 200532B) introduces 4 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) switching capability to mid-range and enterprise SAN. These features are designed to support improved performance for storage networking demands with improved affordability, higher throughput, and enhanced port density.

Model Abstract 2005-32B

The IBM 2005 TotalStorage SAN32B-2 Express Model 32B offers 4 Gbps industry-standard Fibre Channel (FC) switch capability, Scalable Ports on Demand 16-, 24-, or 32-port increments, 1 U form factor to enhance port density and space usage, High-availability design with redundant hot pluggable power supplies and fans, hot-pluggable components, automatic path routing, and firmware upgrades, and Base switch firmware that includes Advanced Zoning, WebTools, Fabric Watch, and 16 4 Gbps shortwave transceivers.
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Highlights

The IBM TotalStorage SAN32B-2 Express Model offers:

  • 4 Gbps industry-standard Fibre Channel (FC) switch capability

  • Scalable Ports on Demand 16-, 24-, or 32-port increments

  • 1 U form factor to enhance port density and space usage

  • High-availability design with redundant hot pluggable power supplies and fans, hot-pluggable components, automatic path routing, and firmware upgrades

  • Base switch firmware includes Advanced Zoning, WebTools, Fabric Watch, and 16 4 Gbps shortwave transceivers

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Description

This model provides:

  • 4 Gbps port-to-port throughput with auto-sensing capability for connecting to existing 1, 2, and future 4 gigabit host servers, storage, and switches

  • 32 non-blocking ports with full duplex throughput at 1, 2, or 4 Gbps link speeds

  • Includes 16 4 Gbps Shortwave SFP Transceivers

  • High-availability features designed to offer - Redundant, hot-pluggable power supplies and fans, automatic path routing, and nondisruptive firmware upgrades

  • Scalable ports on demand in 16-, 24-, or 32-port increments to accommodate a broad range of connectivity solutions, in a 1 U form factor for enhanced port density and space utilization

  • Scalability from mid-range to very large enterprise SAN fabric environments

  • Open FCP support

  • Full compatibility with existing IBM TotalStorage SAN b-type switches (IBM 2005, 2109, and 3534)

  • Base 32B model firmware features - Advanced Zoning, WebTools, and Fabric Watch

  • Optional features - Additional Port Activation, Fabric Manager V4 Max Supported Domains, Extended Fabrics, Remote Switch, Advanced Security, Enhanced ISL Trunking, and Performance Monitoring

  • Support for 4 Gbps shortwave and 2 Gbps longwave Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) optic transceivers

The IBM TotalStorage SAN32B-2 Express Model (part number 200532B) introduces 4 Gbps FC capabilities. This improved performance is designed to support storage networking demands to help increase higher throughput and enhance security.

The IBM TotalStorage SAN32-B Express Model offers:

  • 32 FC ports that are designed to:

    • Provide multiple simultaneous connections, each capable of throughput speeds of 1, 2, or 4 Gbps with a maximum latency of 2 microseconds

    • Auto sense and self-negotiate to the highest speed (1, 2, or 4 gigabits) supported by the server, storage, or switch

    • Self-configure as F_ports, FL_ports, or E_ports

  • Operation with SFP optical transceivers designed to:

    • Support up to 4 Gbps speeds with 4 Gbps shortwave SFPs for distances up to 300 meters.

    • Support 1 and 2 Gbps speeds with 2 Gbps longwave SFPs for distances up to 10 kilometers.

    • Includes 16 4 Gbps shortwave SFP Transceivers in base

  • 1 U form factor is designed to enable enhanced port density and rack space utilization. The SAN32B-2 fabric switch can also be ordered with country-specific power cords for tabletop use.

  • Hot-pluggable power supplies and fans help support enhanced availability by enabling dual power source configurations and reducing power supply disruption and fan maintenance.

  • Web browser interface compatible with any Java-enabled browser is designed to provide configuration monitoring and diagnostics using the Internet or intranet.

  • Scalable ports on demand (16, 24, or 32 ports) to accommodate a broad range of connectivity solutions for a wide variety of host and storage types (optional Port Activation feature available for upgrade to 24 and 32 ports).

  • Compatibility with IBM TotalStorage SAN b-type switch family (IBM 2005, 2109, and 3534).

  • Auto Fabric discovery is designed to allow external host and storage systems to discover other supported SAN-enabled systems that are connected to the fabric.

  • Fabric Services such as Advanced Zoning, WebTools, and Fabric Watch.

Optional features

SAN32B-2 Express Model 8-Port Activation option (P/N 22R5505)

This feature enables additional port activation for ports 8 to 15 (first eight port increment) or ports 16 to 31 (second eight port increment) in the B32 switch. Port activation features do not include fiber optic transceivers. All activated ports must be populated with SFP transceivers.

SAN32B-2 Express Model 8-port upgrade option (P/N 22R5078)

  • Additional Port Activation enables upgrade in 8-port increments from 16 to 24, and 24 to 32 ports.

  • The base 200532B Express model activates the first sixteen ports (0 to 15). You may optionally purchase port activation for ports sixteen to twenty-three (first eight-port increment), and ports twenty-four to thirty-one (second eight-port increment)

  • Includes 8 4 Gbps shortwave SFP Transceivers

Supported servers and storage systems

The IBM TotalStorage SAN32B-2 fabric switch is designed to support FC connectivity for the following:

Servers:

  • IBM eServer pSeries and selected RS/6000 servers
  • IBM eServer iSeries and selected AS/400 servers
  • IBM eServer xSeries and selected Netfinity servers
  • Other Intel-based servers with Linux and Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2003
  • Selected Sun and HP servers

Storage software:

  • IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller (SVC)
  • IBM TotalStorage SAN File System (SFS)

Storage systems:

  • IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server
  • IBM TotalStorage FAStT Family of Storage Servers
  • IBM TotalStorage DS8000
  • IBM TotalStorage DS6000
  • IBM TotalStorage DS4000 (formally FAStT Storage Servers)
  • IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller
  • IBM TotalStorage Enterprise NAS Gateway 500
  • IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape System 3590 and 3592
  • IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Library 3494
  • IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Controller 3592 Model J70
  • IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Controller 3590 Model A60
  • IBM 3582, 3583, and 3584 Ultrium LTO Tape Libraries and
  • Other selected storage systems

Accessibility by people with disabilities

For hardware offerings

The following features support use by people with disabilities:

  • Ports and connectors support connection of industry-standard devices.

Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act

The IBM TotalStorage SAN32B-2 Express Model is capable, as of June 24, 2005, when used in accordance with associated IBM documentation, of satisfying the applicable requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, provided that any assistive technology used with the product properly interoperates with it. A U.S. Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) can be requested via:

http://www-3.ibm.com/able/product_accessibility/index.html

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Models

Model Summary Matrix

Model FC Ports SFP Transceivers
32B 32 16, 24, 32, 4 Gbps Shortwave

Customer Setup (CSU)

Yes.

Devices Supported

Specific details on supported devices; storage products attachability, SAN connectivity products, and configuration options are available on the Web at:

http://www.ibm.com/totalstorage/san/b-type

Model Conversions

None.
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Technical Description
TOC Link Physical Specifications TOC Link Operating Environment TOC Link Limitations
TOC Link Hardware Requirements TOC Link Software Requirements

The IBM TotalStorage SAN32B-2 (200532B) Express Model provides a 1 U rack mount fabric switch, designed to provide Ports on Demand scalability with 16, 24, or 32 ports, with each port capable of throughput speeds of 1, 2, or 4 Gbps, and maximum latency of 2 microseconds. Additionally, each port is designed to offer auto sensing and self-negotiation to the highest speed (1, 2, or 4 Gbps) supported by the attached server, storage, or switch, as well as self-configuration as F_ports, FL_ports, or E_ports. The base function of the SAN32B-2 fabric switch includes Fibre Channel fabric services, Advanced Zoning, WEB TOOLS, and Fabric Watch, as well as high availability design with redundant hot pluggable power supplies and fans, automatic path routing, and non-disruptive firmware upgrades The SAN32B-2 fabric switch comes with the first sixteen ports enabled in the base with 4-Gbps shortwave SFPs in the base product. Customers may purchase an additional 8-port upgrade option (22R5078) for a total of 24, or 32 ports enabled.

The SAN32B-2 fabric switch supports operation with Small form-factor pluggable (SFP) optical transceivers. Operation with 4-Gbps capable shortwave SFPs provides distances up to 300 meters. Operation with 2 Gbps capable long wave SFPs provides distances up to 10 kilometers.

The SAN32B-2 fabric switch supports compatibility with IBM TotalStorage SAN b-type switch family (IBM 2005, 2109 and 3534).

Physical Specifications

The IBM TotalStorage SAN32B-2 Express Model can be configured for either rack-mount or tabletop use.

Enclosure Back-to-front airflow. Power from rear. 1.0U, 19-in.-EIA compliant:

200532B (1U):

  • Height: 4.24 cm (1.67 in)

  • Width: 42.90 cm (16.89 in)

  • Depth: 58.42 cm (23.00 in)

  • Weight:
    • Dual power supplies: 10.16 kg (22.4 lb, no media installed)

To support installability and serviceability in non-IBM industry standard racks, review the installation planning information for any product-specific installation requirements.

Operating Environment

  • Temperature:
    • -Operating: 0 to 40 degrees C (50 to degrees 104 F)
    • -Non-operating: -25 to 70 degrees C (-13 to 158 degrees F)

  • Humidity operating: 20% to 85% non-condensing @ 40 C (104 F)

  • Operating altitude: Up to 3,000 m (9,800 ft)

  • Storage altitude: Up to 12km (32,200)

  • Operating Shock: 20G, 6ms half-sine

  • Non-operating Shock: 15G, 12-18 ms trapezoid

  • Vibration operating: 0.5 g sine, 0.4 grms random, 5 to 500 Hz

  • Power: Operational Range; 100 - 240 V ac

  • Frequency: 47 to 63 Hz

  • Power consumption: B32: 75 Watts

  • Electrical power: kVA1.8

EMC Conformance:

  • FCC Part 15 Subpart B, Class A
  • CSA C108.8 Class A
  • VCCI Class A
  • CISPR 22 Class A
  • AS/NZF 3548:1995 Class A
  • Korean EMC Requirements
  • BSMI Standard CNS 13438 (Taiwan)
  • EMC Directive 89/336/EEC (for CE Marking)
  • EN 55022 Level A (Emissions requirements for Europe)

Product Safety/Country Testing/Certification:

  • UL Standard 1950
  • CSA 950 (Canada)
  • IEC950/EN60950 (CE-Europe)
  • Nemko EN60950: 1992 A1, A2, A3, A4, A11 certification
  • TUV EN60950 (Germany) 1992 A1, A2, A3, A4, A11
  • Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) for CE Marking in European Union
  • EN61000

Limitations

Not applicable.

Hardware Requirements

Specific details on supported operating systems, servers, and devices, storage products attachability, SAN connectivity products, and configuration options are available at:

Software Requirements

Specific details on supported operating system releases are available at:

http://www.ibm.com/totalstorage/san/b-type

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Publications

The following publications are shipped with the product.

Additional copies of individual publications are available on the Internet at:

http://www.ibm.com/totalstorage/san/b-type
                                             Order
           Title                             Number
-----------------------------------------    ---------
IBM TotalStorage SANB32-2 Installation,      GC26-7695
Service, and User's Guide
IBM eServer Translated Safety Notices        G229-9054
IBM TotalStorage SAN b-type 2005 Statement   GC26-7698
of Limited Warranty

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Features -- Specify/Special/Exchange
TOC Link No Charge Specify Codes TOC Link Special Feature Codes -- Chargeable TOC Link Feature Exchanges

No Charge Specify Codes

None.

Special Feature Codes -- Chargeable

Description                          Machine   Model   Part     Min  Max
---------------------------------    -------   -----   -------  ---  ---
IBM TotalStorage SAN32B-2 Express      2005     32B    200532B
8-Port Activation Option                               22R5505
8-Port Upgrade Option                                  22R5078
32B Fabric Manager v4 Max Domains                      22R5128   0     1
32B Remote Switch Activation                           22R5129   0     1
32B Extended Fabric Activation                         22R4894   0     1
32B Advanced Security Activation                       22R4895   0     1
32B Performance Bundle                                 22R4896   0     1
4 Gbps SW SFP Transceiver 4 Pack                       22R4897   0     8
4 Gbps SW SFP Transceiver                              22R4902   0    32
 

Additional port upgrade

The base 200532B Express model activates the first sixteen ports (0 to 15), including 16 4 Gbps shortwave SFP Transceivers. You may optionally purchase activation for ports sixteen to twenty-three (first eight-port increment), and ports twenty-four to thirty-one (second eight-port increment).

Note: The first port is designated as port zero and the last port is designated as port thirty-one.

Features

(P/N 22R5505) 32B 8-Port Activation

Summary: This option enables additional port activation for ports 8 to 15 (first eight port increment) or ports 16 to 31 (second eight port increment) in the B32 switch. Port activation features do not include fiber optic transceivers. All activated ports must be populated with SFP transceivers.

Minimum Number of Features per 200532B: None.
Maximum Number of Features per 200532B: Two.
Prerequisites: None.
Corequisites: All available ports must be populated with SFPs.
Compatibility Conflicts: None.
Customer Set-up: Yes.
Limitations: None.
Field Installable: Yes, both IPO and MES.
Cable Order: None.

(P/N 22R5078) 32B 8-Port Upgrade Option

Summary: This option provides an additional 8-Port Upgrade for the 200532B Express model to enable upgrade to 24, or 32 ports. The upgrade option includes 8 4 Gbps shortwave transceivers.

  • Minimum Number of Features per 200532B: None.
  • Maximum Number of Features per 200532B: Two.
  • Prerequisites: None.
  • Corequisites: None.
  • Compatibility Conflicts: None.
  • Customer Setup: Yes.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Field Installable: No, initial order only.
  • Cable Order: None.

(P/N 22R5128) 32B Fabric Manager V4 Max Domains

Summary: Fabric Manager V4 Max Domains optional feature is designed to enhance capabilities of the Java-based Fabric Manager application to help simplify management of up to eight fabrics. The Fabric Manager V4 optional feature provides enhanced security management, additional RAS features, and call home capabilities. The Fabric Manager V4 optional feature delivers:

  • Enhanced security management
  • Additional RAS features
  • Call-home capabilities

Fabric Manager V4 requires Internet Explorer Web browser with Windows 2000 and Windows XP, or alternatively Netscape Web browser with Solaris 7 and Solaris 8.

  • Minimum Number of Features per 200532B: None.
  • Maximum Number of Features per 200532B: One.
  • Prerequisites: None.
  • Corequisites: None.
  • Compatibility Conflicts: None.
  • Customer Setup: Yes.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Field Installable: No, initial order only.
  • Cable Order: None.

(P/N 22R5129) 32B Remote Switch Activation

Summary: Remote Switch Activation is designed to extend the distance of SAN fabric by enabling two FC switches to interconnect with a pair of CNT Open System Gateways across an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) WAN.

  • Minimum Number of Features per 200532B: None.
  • Maximum Number of Features per 200532B: One.
  • Prerequisites: None.
  • Corequisites: None.
  • Compatibility Conflicts: None.
  • Customer Setup: Yes.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Field Installable: No, initial order only.
  • Cable Order: None.

(P/N 22R4894) 32B Extended Fabric Activation

Summary: Extended Fabric Activation is designed to extend SAN fabrics beyond the FC standard 10 km by optimizing the internal switch buffers to maintain performance on ISL at distances up to 70 kilometers.

  • Minimum Number of Features per 200532B: None.
  • Maximum Number of Features per 200532B: One.
  • Prerequisites: None.
  • Corequisites: None.
  • Compatibility Conflicts: None.
  • Customer Setup: Yes.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Field Installable: No, initial order only.
  • Cable Order: None.

(P/N 22R4895) 32B Advanced Security Activation

Summary: Advanced Security Activation is designed to enable policy-based security mechanisms integrated within Fabric Operating System V2.6, V3.1, and V4.1. To enable advanced security capabilities, all switches within the IBM SAN Switches Fabric must be configured with their respective Fabric operating system version (2.6, 3.1, and 4.1) before activating the Advanced Security feature license key. When activated across the IBM SAN Switch Fabric, the Advanced Security Activation feature is designed to support the following security capabilities:

  • Centralized security management (trusted switches)
  • Fabric-wide security policies to control access
  • Port-level access control
  • Switch-level access control
  • Management access controls (Telnet, SNMP, HTTP, API)
  • Encryption of management data such as passwords
  • Authentication between switches
  • Minimum Number of Features per 200532B: None.
  • Maximum Number of Features per 200532B: One.
  • Prerequisites: None.
  • Corequisites: None.
  • Compatibility Conflicts: None.
  • Customer Setup: Yes.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Field Installable: No, initial order only.
  • Cable Order: None.

(P/N 22R4896) 32B Performance Bundle Activation

Summary: Performance Bundle Activation supports both Enhanced ISL Trunking and Performance Monitoring capabilities.

Performance Monitoring helps identify end to end bandwidth usage by host/target pairs and is designed to provide information for capacity planning.

ISL Trunking is designed to enable FC packets to be efficiently distributed across multiple Inter-Switch connections (links) between two SAN b-type fabric switches, while preserving in-order delivery. Both SAN b-type fabric switches must have ISL Trunking activated.

Enhanced ISL Trunking is supported between two B32 models and enables FC packets to be distributed across up to eight 4 Gbps-capable ISLs for a combined bandwidth of up to 32-Gbps. When connecting the 4-Gbps capable 32B model to legacy 2-Gbps capable b-type fabric switch models, ISL Trunking is supported with link speeds operational at 2 Gbps and FC packets distributed across up to four ISLs for a combined bandwidth of up to 8-Gbps.

  • Minimum Number of Features per 200532B: None.
  • Maximum Number of Features per 200532B: One.
  • Prerequisites: None.
  • Corequisites: None.
  • Compatibility Conflicts: None.
  • Customer Setup: Yes.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Field Installable: No, initial order only.
  • Cable Order: None.

Transceivers - Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP)

The base 200532B Express model provides the first sixteen ports (0 to 15), including 16 4 Gbps shortwave SFP Transceivers. You may optionally purchase activation for ports sixteen to twenty-three (first eight-port increment), and ports twenty-four to thirty-one (second eight-port increment) with P/N 22R5078.

Note: The first port is designated as port zero and the last port is designated as port thirty-one.

4 Gbps SFP Transceivers

(P/N 22R4897) 4 Gbps SW SFP Transceiver 4 Pack

Summary: This feature provides an additional four shortwave 4 Gbps SFP transceivers, designed to provide Fibre Channel connections at distances up to 300 meters while using the appropriate 50.0/125 micrometer fiber optic cable, and distances up to 175 meters while using the appropriate 62.5/125 micrometer fiber optic cable.

  • Minimum Number of Features per 200532B: None.
  • Maximum Number of Features per 200532B: 8
  • Prerequisites: None.
  • Corequisites: None.
  • Compatibility Conflicts: None.
  • Customer Setup: Yes.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Field Installable: No, initial order only.
  • Cable Order: None.

(P/N 22R4902) 4 Gbps SW SFP Transceiver

Summary: This feature provides one additional shortwave 4 Gbps SFP transceiver, designed to provide Fibre Channel connections at distances up to 300 meters while using the appropriate 50.0/125 micrometer fiber optic cable, and distances up to 175 meters while using the appropriate 62.5/125 micrometer fiber optic cable.

  • Minimum Number of Features per 200532B: None.
  • Maximum Number of Features per 200532B: 32.
  • Prerequisites: None.
  • Corequisites: None.
  • Compatibility Conflicts: None.
  • Customer Setup: Yes.
  • Limitations: None.
  • Field Installable: Yes, field order only.
  • Cable Order: None.

Feature Exchanges

Not available.
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Accessories

None.

Customer Replacement Parts

None.
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Machine Elements

None.
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Supplies

None.

Diskettes

None.

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